A recent heated exchange between Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe and an Irrigation Department official has raised questions regarding the safety of ancient tanks islandwide. Sri Lanka’s ancient ...

“The situation calls for ways to share knowledge, technology ... aligned with Sri Lanka’s ambition to grow its tech workforce—are promising avenues,” the think tank reasoned.

Sri Lanka experienced it acutely. However, the world economy has adapted at a breathtaking speed. Remote work and online shopping flourished, driven by digital technology ... can change under stress, ...

Ethno-religious identities were fragmented and fully Weaponized at the time as part of counter-terrorism operations with Mossad training- as is the case in Israel. From 1984 Israel’s Mossad operated ...

But it’s Sri Lanka’s extraordinary history arcing back eons that captures most of my attention. Ancient ruins. Royal palaces. Implausibly beautiful temples. Through centuries of tumultuous power, ...

In the early hours of April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump stood before a crowd of supporters and declared it “Liberation ...

For decades, Sri Lanka has lived in the shadow of its big-brother neighbour, India. It has also had its fair share of strife, wars, coups, crises and change of heads. But all of that instability ...

I write about Asian economics and technology news. Supporters of Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, celebrate near the Presidential Secretariat after Dissanayake's ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the prestigious ‘Mithra Vibhushana’ medal by the Government of Sri Lanka, in honour ... stretching from ancient history into the infinite future.

Sri Lanka's Catholic church says the Vatican has named 167 of its faithful killed in Islamic State-inspired suicide bombings six years ago as witnesses of faith. Hundreds, including Christian ...